Essex County Circuit Court, Virginia

Jury instructions in civil jury trials must be submitted five days before trial.

In civil jury trials, instructions must be submitted to the Court and opposing counsel 5 days prior to trial.

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Jury instructions in civil jury trials must be submitted to opposing counsel five days before trial.

In civil jury trials, instructions must be submitted to the Court and opposing counsel 5 days prior to trial.

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Final-order distribution uses fax or mail as specified, and orders to attorneys are mailed automatically after the judge signs them.

The practice for distribution of final orders is the following: DOC -fax P&P - fax Sentencing Guidelines - mail Orders to attorneys - automatically mailed to them after the judge signs, whether they ask or not.

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The Social Security and SSI payment exemption does not apply to restitution, which remains due as ordered by the court.

Any restitution that the defendant has been ordered to pay is not included in this exemption of payment and is due as the court has ordered.

Criminal cases

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Payment for misdemeanor convictions is due within six months of conviction unless the judge grants more time.

Misdemeanor Convictions: Payment must be made within 6 months from the date of the conviction. (Unless more time was granted by the Judge)

Criminal cases

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For felony convictions, the payment due date is by the end of supervised probation, calculated using the stated jail or prison sentence, suspended time, and supervised probation.

Felony Convictions: Time the defendant is sentenced to jail or prison for our charges, subtract the time suspended then add the time of supervised probation ordered. Due date is by the end of supervised probation.

Criminal cases

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Payment for traffic convictions is due within 30 days of conviction unless the judge grants more time.

Traffic Convictions: Payment must be made within 30 days from the date of the conviction. (Unless more time was granted by the Judge)

Criminal cases

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Changes to the payment plan are at the Clerk's discretion.

Any changes are at the discretion of the Clerk.

Criminal cases

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Cases are turned over to a private collection agency if costs or restitution are not paid by the due date.

If costs and/or restitution are NOT paid by the due date given, the cases are turned over to the private collection agency.

Criminal cases

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A defendant whose sole financial resource is Social Security or SSI need not pay until another resource or income is available, will not be sent to collections while that sole income remains unchanged, and must notify the court in writing if Social Security is the only income source.

If defendant's sole financial resource is Social Security benefit or Supplemental Security Income, then the defendant is not required to pay until he/she has another resource or income. As long as defendant's sole income remains unchanged, his/her account will not go to collections. The defendant is responsible for notifying the court in writing if only source of income is social security.

Criminal cases

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Cases may be scheduled by agreement of counsel and the Court by telephone call to the Commonwealth Attorney's office and the Clerk's office.

All cases set by agreement with Commonwealth's Attorney at preliminary hearing, on Term Day, or by agreement of counsel and the Court. The latter may be done by a telephone call to the Commonwealth Attorney's office and the Clerk's office.

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